Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings upgrades the city’s ratings to the same level of the Brazilian federal government and facilitates investments attraction.
Author: From the Newsroom
Brazilian companies should travel to Algeria and Egypt in the first quarter of 2016. The postponement is due to schedule conflicts between the Brazilian minister Armando Monteiro and the companies.
Brazilian cattle meat exports were the year’s highest in October and are expected to keep climbing in the second half, following the announcement that Saudi Arabia will start buying again.
Kátia Abreu, minister of Agriculture, took part in ceremony celebrating the first year of the Brazilian company’s Abu Dhabi plant. It processes 70,000 tons of food.
A photo and film exhibition of the UN launches at Centro Cultural Correios on Thursday (12th) and will run until January 10th, portraying work done with refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft were sold to the Arab country. The agreement includes support and training for pilots and mechanics.
Through a program to be monitored by the International Monetary Fund staff, Iraqi authorities will implement measures to improve the country’s economic performance.
The National Supply Company estimates an increase in the 2015/2016 crop, which should register between 208.6 million and 212.9 million tons.
Exports of the Brazilian product to Middle East and North Africa countries generated USD 175.2 million in revenues this year until October. Shipments grew less at 1%, according to the exporters’ council.
Brazilian exports totaled USD 2.99 billion in the first week of November, with imports at USD 2.85 billion, generating a surplus of USD 144 million. Purchases dropped more than sales.
Sabbagh founded the Arab Studies Department at Rio de Janeiro Federal University and was monsignor of the Melquita Greek-Catholic Church in Rio de Janeiro. He died on Sunday, at 95 years old, due to pneumonia.
Last month in Brazil, withdrawals from savings accounts exceeded deposits by BRL 3.264 billion, the worst result for October since records started being kept, in 1995.
The event ‘We’re all immigrants’ will take place on Saturday (7th) and Sunday (8th) at São Paulo’s Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), featuring a photo exhibit, a film and debates.
Foreign sales of light vehicles, trucks and buses made in Brazil grew in volume from January to October, but dropped in value, according to industry association Anfavea.

